BankrollMob News: Poker, Casino, Crypto & Betting

He's a force to reckon with when it comes to playing poker and other types of card games, but it looks like American poker pro Phil Ivey's good fortune did not work at Britain's Supreme Court - he lost a huge case this Wednesday (October 25) that rendered him unable from cashing in.

Read more » Phil Ivey Loses British Court Battle Over £7.7 Million Winnings From London Casino

Phil Ivey has undoubtedly been missing this year from the poker spotlight as the poker pro focuses mainly on ‘personal and family problems' as well as playing only Asian high stakes games.

Read more » Phil Ivey Announces Return To Live Tournaments In 2018

Throughout the years, Dani "Ansky" Stern has made a pretty good living whilst playing poker, either as a high-stakes online player, or competing at live and/or online tournament events. However, just recently last week, he has now decided to announce the end of his career as a poker pro, and on Friday October 13, he wrote on his Twitter page:

Read more » Dani "Ansky" Stern Says Goodbye to Poker

On October 16 Monday, a Nevada judge said that a lawsuit filed by high-stakes Australian poker player Matt Kirk versus Czech casino owner Leon Tsoukernik can proceed.

The local judge states that the $2 million debt is unenforceable; however, if he can somehow prove that Tsoukernik never intended to pay back the money, Kirk could be entitled to receive compensation for the damages.

Read more » Judge says High-Stakes Poker Debt Case Between WSOP Players Can Proceed

Even though Dan Bilzerian may have taken some flak subsequently after the shooting massacre in Las Vegas, he may be getting some additional cover from the criticisms laid against him thanks to the latest release of a video footage he took from that fateful Sunday night.

Read more » Bilzerian-Meyer Feud over Las Vegas Shooting Intensifies with New Videos, Fistfight Dare

It looks like that the co-founder of Absolute Poker Scott Tom had finally put an end to his long-running legal case with the U.S. government, and for sure the poker players who became victims of the fraudulent site will not be happy to know that he escaped with very little punishment.

Read more » Absolute Poker's Scott Tom Pays Fine, Sentenced To Only 7 Days In Jail

After many rounds of alpha testing with the use of play-money, PokerStars is confident that its hybrid poker game is now ready for its real-money launch to the public.

Read more » PokerStars ‘Power Up’ Now Live for Real-Money Play

Czech Republic poker pro Vladimir Burstein went to Montesino Casino in Austria to play cash games but changed his mind and decided to play the €115 buy-in partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria Main Event instead.

Read more » Vladimir Burstein Wins 2017 partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria Main Event

On October 7, Doug ‘WCGRider' Polk uploaded a Youtube video showing his one-on-one basketball match against Phil Hellmuth in Pittsburgh, a 10-1 odds on a three-point shot on the first try without even warming up. It is Polk's $10,000 versus Helmuth's $1,000. Guess who had the most fun and won in the end?

Read more » Doug Polk vs Phil Hellmuth Basketball $10,000 Prop Bet

The semi-finals and the finals of King of the Hill 2 (a winner-take-all heads-up event part of Poker Night In America) took place at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh over the weekend. According to PokerNews.com, US poker pro Oliver Busquet went undefeated in the competition to claim the the title and $200,000 in prize money!

Read more » Olivier Busquet Wins King Of The Hill 2 ($200,000)

Jason and Natasha first met on the poker felt. On July 2016, Jason proposed to Natasha right after she got busted out of the $5,000 NLHE WSOP Final Table and they got married in November. On March 2017, they announced that they were 12 weeks pregnant.

Read more » Mercier Couple Welcomes Home Baby Boy Marco Henry

The British 32-year-old, who initially kept his gambling activities a secret from his mom and told her he was stacking shelves as his part-time job, is now a multi-millionaire after he became the world's top online poker player.

Read more » Chris Moorman, the World's Top Online Poker Player with a £13 Million Fortune

On Wednesday, Art Papazyan emerged as the champion in the World Poker Tour Maryland Live! Main Event for $389,405 thanks to defeating a field of 561 players!

This is Papazyan's second WPT Main Event title in just over 1 month, after defeating 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth heads-up in the WPT Legend of Poker Main Event in August.

Read more » Art Papazyan Wins 2 WPT Titles In Five Weeks!

Last week the first round matchups have been announced for the second edition of the King of the Hill on Poker Night in America. This televised, special mini heads-up tournament consists of only four players, each required to shell out a $50,000 buy-in, and the emerging winner is going to take all the pot.

Read more » King of the Hill II: Hellmuth vs Talbot, Deeb vs Busquet on First Round Matchups

The police have named Stephen Paddock as the gunman who, from a hotel room in Las Vegas, mercilessly opened fire on people who attended a music festival outside a casino, killing at least 59 people and leaving over 500 more wounded in what is now considered as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Read more » Las Vegas Gunman Stephen Paddock was an Accountant who played $100-a-hand Poker

"I hate Mondays" is a line we have all used at some point in our lives, like the iconic cartoon cat Garfield; however, with the new "Monday Twins Challenge" offered by 888poker, those who play poker will have something to love about Mondays now!

Read more » Seven ways to win up to $10,000 cash at 888poker's ‘Monday Twins' Tournaments

People who love to play online poker can now download real-money poker apps from three giant poker sites, partypoker, 888poker and PokerStars, which have been launched and made available in the Google Play mobile app store in the UK.

Read more » Real-money Poker Apps from 3 Giant Poker Sites Now Available on UK Google Play Store

The second round of the King of the Hill match courtesy of Poker Night in America has been scheduled on October 6 and 7 (Friday and Saturday) at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Read more » Doug Polk shall Host Poker Night in America King of the Hill II

On a Youtube video published September 20 Wednesday entitled ‘In Depth with Graham Bensinger', social media star Dan Bilzerian revealed to sports journalist Graham Bensinger that different from what most people assume, he made his own money via poker and he is not spending his inheritance doing so. During the course of his interview, the Instagram celeb with 22.6 million followers said he won $12.8 million.

Read more » Interview with Dan Bilzerian on $12.8M Poker Win, Drug Tales and Trust Fund Denials